Improvement in horse hat-forks



CULLIN W. REED, Ol?Y OHAGRIN FALLS, OHIO.,l

Letters Parmi No. 84,708, dated December s, 1868.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

Be it known that I, OULLIN W. REED, of Chagrin Falls, in the county of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in- Horse Hay-Forks; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, and making a part of this' specification, in which- Figure l is a plan View of a horse hay-fork, the tines in positiony as inserted in the hay.

Figure 2 is a plan view of a horse hay-fork, the tines unhitched.

Figure 3 is a facev view ofthe cross-head har.

Figure 4 is a sectional view, showing the action of the dog on the retaining-tine.

Figure 5 is a plan view of the upper plate and slots, which are attached to the cross-head bar.

My present invention is an improvement on fthe fork patented by me on the 24th day of December, 1867, whereby the operating-mechanism is much simplified, and the fork thereby rendered much more effective.

The nature of my invention consists in arranging, in an ordinary slotted cross-head or beam, made of either wrought or cast-iron, a hinged dog, so arranged and adjusted as to catch the free end of an independent tine, pivoted vat the extreme end of the crosshead or beam, said tine being with an arm or lever which enters and plays inthe snap-catch of the dog.

This action, in conjunctionV withan independent tine, pivoted at the opposite end of the cross-head or beam, in combination with an unshipping-rope or cord,

enables me readily. to insert or withdraw my device from the bundle or bale, the weight of the tine being suicieut, by its fall, to lock and -lrold the dog, ,independent of al1 complicated mechanism.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation. l Y

A is a cross-head or beam, made either of cast-iron or` wrought-iron, slotted its entire length.

To this cross-head or beam, by means of bolts or pivots, b and c, I attach the tines B and O.

Thel tine B is provided with a lever-arm or bearing,l

B1, which works in conjunction with a suitable dog, pivoted in the cross-head or beamA.

E is a 'dog which is pivoted and freely works in the cross-head or beam, A. This dog is provided with an upper lip, e, and projecting ange e2; the ange projecting beyond the main armof the dog E in both directions; in one direction, suiiciently far to Yform the catch e2, and in the other, to form thebearin'gplate e3, whereby it is retained in position.

D is a slotted plate on the cross-head or beam A, and is iirmly secured thereto by means of lip-bolt b, the lip of the bolt forming the bearing-end or rest of the projecting plate e3 of the dog.

To the free vend ofthe tine C, I attach the hoistingrope or cord, ci. v

l In a suitable aperture or opening in the bearingplate e3, of the dog, I attach' the unshipping-co'rd e* The operation is as follows:

The tines are inserted in the bundle or bale, as shown in iig. l, when instantly the `lever-end or arm of the tine B is caught and held by the dog E, as clearly shown in iig. 4. The bale or bundleis then elevated, by means of the hoisting-rope c, to the desired position, when instantly, by pulling onthe unshippingrope e, the tine B is immediately released, and the load safely deposited at the desired point.

Having thus fully described my invention, and the operation ofthe same,

What I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters -Patent of the United States, is-

The cross-head A, when the same is slotted its cntire length, the pivoted hinged tines B and O, when the former is provided with a lever-arm, B, in com-V bination with a dog, E,.and the whole is so arranged as to operate substantially as described,-andfor the pulpose specified. Y

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specication, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. f

OULLIN W. REED.

Witnesses:

O. FORCE, A. M. PHILLIPS. 

